Sodabowski's Blog Archive

• Side post : ancient wood finishing recipes from the French Masters (Boulle & Watin) - 11-27-2017 10:05 AM | 6 comments

  Hi Jocks, in a blog post from my buddy Shipwright, where he experiments with finishes and thei...

• Building a better woodshop #4: bandsaw inserts holder - 09-05-2017 08:37 AM | 3 comments

  Hi folks,This completed project dates back to June 2016, I didn’t find the time to post so ...

• Shop-built bandsaw sawmill #3: mobile frame all welded up! - July-August 2017 - 09-04-2017 11:02 AM | 6 comments

  Hi guys, The holidays have been a mix of cleaning, finishing the bedroom, and general sorting ...

• Shop-built bandsaw sawmill #2: first welds and preparing the threaded rods - July 2016 - 06-30-2017 08:45 PM | 5 comments

  Well for the first welds sorry, I forgot to take pictures. Long story short, I started by welding...

• Shop-built bandsaw sawmill #1: the plan - 06-30-2017 08:23 PM | 5 comments

  Hi guys, After visiting Les fils de J. George several years ago for the first time, my vision ...

• Spalters Inc. #14: more study results - 06-30-2017 12:31 PM | 8 comments

  Hi all, Long time since the last installment. So, after using most of my time this year as ...

• Spalters Inc. #13: Pushing the studies on Chlorociboria to their ultimate goal - 04-14-2016 08:50 PM | 4 comments

  Hi guys, Quick update: I’m pursuing my internship at the C2RMF these days, and we’...

• Spalters Inc. #12: Essential reading: upcoming book from the scientific authority! - 10-28-2015 08:54 PM | 3 comments

  Quick update since I’m short on spare time these days with all the work at the universi...

• Miscellaneous kitchenalia #3: Homemade pizza - 09-21-2015 07:09 PM | 7 comments

  Long ago, I promised a detailed set of pictures on how I make these staples of the Italian cuisin...

• Homemade tools and hardware #7: Prototype bakelite vise after jeweler's version - 06-09-2015 05:58 PM | 4 comments

  Hi all, Here is my first copy of this great design from the 30’s. I won the original...

• Homebrew natural wood stains #2: tea and iron acetate, aka ebonizing wood with vinegar - 06-04-2015 08:34 PM | 5 comments

  ‘sup all, Mads threw the bait and I just couldn’t resist the urge to chew it up.Si...

• Jewelry Boxes Journey #2: Introducing Mrs Sodabowski a.k.a. BlueMagic - 05-24-2015 07:11 PM | 0 comments

  So my significant other finally made the jump and signed-up here. Her first project, actually a c...

• Leatherwork #2: vintage Schuh/Ebony-inspired leather shoes for my wife - 05-12-2015 10:12 PM | 3 comments

  So, some of the ladies out here might remember this model from the 90’s: Several nice...

• Homebrew natural wood stains #1: essential oils distillation apparatus - 05-12-2015 07:51 PM | 4 comments

  Hi all, In this series I will showcase some hardware stuff I will build along the way to produ...

• Spalters Inc. #11: Progress on the green elf cup's pigment - 11-14-2014 12:09 AM | 6 comments

  Hi Jocks, Working on and off on that fungus still. There’s been considerable progress on...

• Never say "never" :) when things settle for the best - 01-15-2014 01:27 PM | 10 comments

  Hi LJs! First of all I wish all of you a very happy 2014, full of sawdust and splinters and lu...

• thanks all for the good times, time to go for me - 10-29-2013 02:52 PM | 11 comments

  Hi all, I can’t stay here any longer because almost everything was related to her. She d...

• Deluxe Basement #2: Stairway to Hell - 05-19-2013 12:30 AM | 5 comments

  Once we had a decent working opening to the basement, I made my fourth and last iteration of the ...

• Deluxe Basement #1: Symphony Of Destruction (ie making a decent opening for the stairs and coating the walls) - 05-19-2013 12:14 AM | 10 comments

  So after four iterations of the plan and much useless discussion with the parents about how bette...

• Building a better woodshop #3: MagLight ;) - 05-18-2013 11:35 PM | 6 comments

  Quick post on improving the short-range working conditions in the shop: overhead fluo lights are ...

• Steampunk clock #1: Prep work: homemade fully working analog dial indicator - 04-23-2013 07:54 PM | 11 comments

  Hi guys, So for that steampunk clock I’ll be building for my father I need decorative pr...

• Photography contest entry (aka Pallets in Scientific Art) - 04-13-2013 09:31 AM | 9 comments

  Hi LJs ;) A contest has been running at my university since January 7th. Neat subject: “...

• Miscellaneous kitchenalia #2: small pan rehandling - 04-05-2013 02:13 PM | 4 comments

  Hi guys. So this baby here needed a new handle, the plastic ones being designed to not last. E...

• Miscellaneous kitchenalia #1: Letz Dem Nom Caek! - 01-17-2013 09:47 AM | 11 comments

  Yeah, right, Joe? ;) ^^

• Leatherwork #1: the mandatory pencil case - 10-27-2012 09:58 PM | 10 comments

  Fed up of carrying my pencils in the basic, cheap, crappy chinese plywood sliding top pencil case...

• Jewelry Boxes Journey #1: 777 days of LumberJocks - 10-09-2012 12:50 PM | 5 comments

  Hi guys, look what kind of trouble you have all put me into: 777 days and $57 later, this ...

• Homemade tools and hardware #6: bandsaw progress - 09-12-2012 04:24 PM | 12 comments

  Quick update on the whereabouts of my homemade bandsaw.Glueing-up the bottom wheel support: ...

• Crappy tool improvement: router lock lever - 08-30-2012 09:02 PM | 8 comments

  Cheap 20€ router from big box store: Plus plastic lock lever: Equals a lot of frust...

• Homemade tools and hardware #5: bandsaw build progress - 08-27-2012 10:43 PM | 13 comments

  This is my soap dispenser. There are many others like it but this one is mine. And once it...

• Building a better woodshop #2: motorized ceiling cord reel: early plan and BoM - 07-30-2012 02:48 PM | 2 comments

  Here is a screenshot of the first prototype plan from top and side views. Full size here. ...

• Building a better woodshop #1: motorized ceiling cord reel: preliminary calculations - 07-30-2012 02:14 AM | 4 comments

  So after considering the possibilities, tinkering with the numbers, considering the (said) potent...

• Homemade tools and hardware #4: Little disgression: homemade ceiling cord reel prototype idea - 07-27-2012 10:45 PM | 12 comments

  To follow Al's blog entry, here is a quick little preview of a possible way to build a shop-made ...

• Spalters Inc. #10: Predashun: I haz it - 07-23-2012 10:51 PM | 6 comments

  Or better yet: when the dreaded tree-killing mushroom from hell finds its own slayer. Thes...

• Remember the plum pencil I made a while ago? - 06-05-2012 08:55 PM | 0 comments

  Well the guys over at Cook Woods just happen to have listed some of the same wood! Enjoy ;)

• Homemade tools and hardware #3: Quickslap pen lathe update - 05-02-2012 09:01 PM | 7 comments

  Hi guys, On the “fast & furious” series, I had some nice time with the parents...

• Spalters Inc. #9: STM vs xylindein: STM WINS! - 03-05-2012 11:35 PM | 10 comments

  Hi guys. So, to sum it up, this is Chlorociboria, a.k.a. “the mean tiny hulk”: Making n...

• Wood gloat, countryside style - 02-07-2012 09:30 PM | 5 comments

  Hey guys! I don’t remember if I told you peeps about this one. Last summer I took home t...

• Spalters Inc. #8: fast-extracted xylindein - 01-20-2012 01:15 AM | 13 comments

  Hi guys, So in an effort to gear up my lab stuff, I recently bought a cheap peristaltic pump o...

• Pens & pouches galore #1: not the first, but the latest - 11-18-2011 02:09 AM | 9 comments

  .. and it dates from this very evening. Hey everybody. I’ve bin bitten to the bone by the p...

• Spalters Inc. #7: First (preliminary) determination of decay temperature of Xylindein - 10-28-2011 02:25 AM | 12 comments

  So here it is: the first attempt at determining the temperature at which the pigment produced by ...

• Spalters Inc. #6: determining the temperature of destruction of xylindein - 10-27-2011 02:17 PM | 19 comments

  Hey guyzz, So little time these days with all the work at the university. But I finally settle...

• Homemade tools and hardware #2: pen turning lathe prototype - 08-16-2011 02:54 AM | 19 comments

  Hey guys! Back from the mountains (alas, too soon). First this quickie blog post about what...

• Spalters Inc. #5: Second attempt preliminary results: win - 06-08-2011 11:50 AM | 13 comments

  Hey guys, Out of the six compartments that I inoculated with Chlorociboria Aeruginosa in my pe...

• Someone wanted to be cursed, someone needed to be nursed - 05-31-2011 10:38 AM | 18 comments

  Well today the postsman took me out of bed with an unexpected parcel. Having nothing pending from...

• Spalters Inc. #4: Second culture attempts - 05-18-2011 11:17 PM | 13 comments

  So the admin of a french mycology website sent me several fresh pieces of Salix with lots of frui...

• Poor man's sterile fungi grow box #2: the air-ducting base plate - 05-13-2011 02:25 PM | 3 comments

  This post is about making the base and its two routed layers. Here I’m routing the air d...

• Poor man's sterile fungi grow box #1: Project overview - 05-09-2011 09:23 PM | 13 comments

  In this series I will follow the making of a specially-designed box for petri dishes into which I...

• Spalters Inc. #3: First culture attempts update, and eye candy. - 04-21-2011 11:06 PM | 9 comments

  Hey guys, Just for a quick update. The cultures I attempted last time did actually work to som...

• Spalters Inc. #2: hunting for Chlorociboria sp, take two: WIN. - 02-27-2011 04:54 PM | 4 comments

  Hey guys, So basically I had the chance to get back to my southern village a few days ago. Hav...

• Homemade tools and hardware #1: mini-tablesaw prototype - 02-23-2011 06:02 PM | 8 comments

  Hey guys, This is a first attempt at making a homemade tablesaw for cutting thin material.I sl...

• Spalters Inc. #1: pictures of an early colonization by Chlorociboria aeruginascens - 02-03-2011 01:33 AM | 10 comments

  Hey guys, Having recently decided that I couldn’t continue refering to the blue-green st...

• LJs meetings in Paris,France #2: Junk food with MaFe - 01-18-2011 11:56 PM | 11 comments

  Well after a quick shopping tour at my workplace, we settled for a while at the nearby Quick JFoo...

• LJs meetings in Paris,France #1: Beers with MaFe - 01-16-2011 11:58 PM | 12 comments

  Well in fact Mads already said it all, so I’ll merely add two of the few pictures I took. ...

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